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Rubik’s cube art has gained popularity over the last few years, you may have seen some mosaic-like images made with hundreds and hundreds of Rubik’s cubes. While some of these are quite a feat and take months of planning and thousands of dollars to make, creating your own Rubik's Cube art is relatively simple and can be done with a few free tools and under 100 bucks.
CsTimer is undoubtedly the most popular cube timer in the community. Its popularity is largely due to its simplicity, yet an abundance of features. However, some of these features go unnoticed. This article will show you some of the best, most useful csTimer features that not many people know about.
If you asked someone what they thought the worst WCA event was, they would most likely say “clock.” Most people think that clock is just a disregarded event that no one likes, but, there is actually a lot of worth in learning clock, both entertainment-wise, and competitively.
The most popular method isn’t always the best one. Many puzzles have super advanced methods that not many people know about. Are these hidden methods any good? Well, Some of them are, and some of them aren’t. Keep reading this article to find out.
Ever wanted to code your own Rubik’s programs? Well, even if you haven’t, there is a new open-source tool that makes it extremely easy to create 2D and 3D visualizations of any WCA puzzle to enhance your programs even if you don’t have much coding experience.
In the past month, a lot has changed in global 3x3 rankings. Some new speedcubers have also emerged like Yezhen Han and Yiheng Wang. A lot of these new cubers have two things in common, they’re all young, and they are all Chinese. What does this mean, in terms of the future of speedcubing? Will speedcubing be taken over by a new generation of Chinese cubing prodigies?
If you have a basic understanding of Javascript, CSS, and HTML, then you should consider coding you’re own Rubik’s Cube scrambler and solver. This is a great project to learn more about javascript specifically and also how event-handler, nested arrays, and different input types work.
While it may seem like significant cube stores like Speedcubeshop, and TheCubicle just sell WCA and other twisty puzzles, there are some hidden gems and accessories amongst the wide selection of cubes that are well worth the $2 - $15 that they are.
The Rubik’s Cube has always been popular but now, due to many factors, the activity of speedcubing has also gained a lot of attention. Does this mean that there will be more competition? Will we see new events added? Will Rubik’s Cube become an Olympic event? Anything can happen. But why exactly has speedcubing become so popular in the last few years?
After learning 2-look OLL and PLL, it’s obvious that full OLL and PLL are the next steps. But what about after that? Winter Variation, Summer Variation, VLS, ZBLS, COLL, and OLLCP are all algorithm sets for last layer. Don’t worry if you haven’t heard of any of these before because this article covers which ones you should learn, and which ones you should ignore.
For some, practicing comes naturally, but for others, it can be difficult because of many reasons, like lack of time, or lack of a structured schedule or practice plan. However, don’t worry because this article has great practice guides for cubers with different amounts of time available per day.
Have you ever got a fast time and felt like you were the fastest cuber alive, then remember that the world record is 3.47 seconds. For me, this can be slightly discouraging because the level at which top cubers solve are at feels impossibly far. But to figure out exactly why, I’ve broken down the practice habits, solving techniques, and even some less commonly known tricks that you can use to instantly improve your solves.
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